Can I do strenuous exercise if I have cervicitis?

Can you do strenuous exercise if you have cervicitis? Cervicitis is a common gynecological disease and can be divided into acute and chronic. If cervicitis is not treated actively, it will cause great harm to women and may lead to infertility. Paying more attention in daily life will help with treatment and prevention. So can you do exercise if you have cervicitis? Let the experts explain it to us below.

Can I do exercise if I have cervicitis?

Cervicitis is a common disease among women of childbearing age. There are two types: acute and chronic. Acute cervicitis often coexists with acute endometritis or acute vaginitis, but chronic cervicitis is more common. Chronic cervicitis has many manifestations. Such as cervical erosion, cervical hypertrophy, cervical polyps, cervical glandular cysts, endocervicitis, etc., among which cervical erosion is the most common. People with cervicitis can exercise, but if they do too much exercise, it may aggravate the condition and make the condition worse.

Symptoms and signs of cervicitis:

1. Acute cervicitis: increased leucorrhea, which is purulent, accompanied by low back pain and lower abdominal discomfort.

2. Chronic cervicitis: excessive vaginal discharge, which is milky white, mucous or contains blood, or bleeding during sexual intercourse, accompanied by vulvar itching, lumbosacral pain, and aggravation during menstruation.

3. Signs of cervicitis: In acute cervicitis, gynecological examination shows cervical congestion, edema, and tenderness; in chronic cervicitis, gynecological examination shows varying degrees of cervical erosion, hypertrophy, or polyps.

How to prevent cervicitis?

Since cervicitis is very harmful to women, we should pay more attention to it in our daily life and do a good job of prevention:

1. Implement family planning, avoid unplanned pregnancies, and have fewer or no artificial abortions or other gynecological surgeries that may damage the cervix.

2. Keep the vulva clean; pay attention to hygiene after abortion and during the postpartum period to prevent infection.

3. Chronic cervicitis has a certain relationship with cervical cancer, so it should be treated actively.

4. Stop applying cervical medication during menstruation and avoid sexual intercourse during treatment.